Wisdom in the Pun

At Thanksgiving this past year, my grandfather made quite the clever remark, and I must admit, it took me until last night to realize the touch of wisdom his witty one-liner had.

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If you don't succeed again, you may be sucking a seedless orange."

Go ahead, laugh! I did! My jaw swung open as I laughed at him and he went on to explain to me that he was not a nuisance, but an "old"-sance. (Get it?)

But last night, I was having one of those times, when I felt all smart and intellectual cos I was actually thinking about my life. For some reason, his quote popped into my head, and I grinned to myself for a moment. Until I realized the validity of his quote. Although he might not have intended for it to be so profound, it was indeed very profound.

I sat there going, "what seedless oranges am I  'sucking'?"

In other words, I was asking the question: "What in my life am I striving for that is just not worth it?"

At youth group this past week, my group was discussing what we should be doing in life (broad discussion, eh?) My group came up with three points, and the one that meant the most to me was simply to live towards what is eternal. What is going to last?

And perhaps that discussion is what made me think of my Pawpaw's quote. What's a seedless orange I'm workin' on? Or I guess a better question is, what is a "seeded orange" I need to spend more time on? After our youth group discussion, we decided that simply spending more time with people, family, friends, co-workers, etc., is where our focus needs to be. People were made to be eternal beings. But all the things of this worlds will fade away.

What's your seedless orange?

~Mal